Bible Verses About Select Readings: The good Samaritan

Then beholde, a certaine Lawyer stoode vp, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I doe, to inherite eternall life?

And he saide vnto him, What is written in the Lawe? howe readest thou?

And he answered, and saide, Thou shalt loue thy Lord God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy strength, and with all thy thought, and thy neighbour as thy selfe.

Then he said vnto him, Thou hast answered right: this doe, and thou shalt liue.

But he willing to iustifie himselfe, said vnto Iesus, Who is then my neighbour?

And Iesus answered, and saide, A certaine man went downe from Hierusalem to Iericho, and fell among theeues, and they robbed him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leauing him halfe dead.

Nowe so it fell out, that there came downe a certaine Priest that same way, and when he sawe him, he passed by on the other side.

And likewise also a Leuite, when he was come neere to the place, went and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

Then a certaine Samaritane, as he iourneyed, came neere vnto him, and when he sawe him, he had compassion on him,

And went to him, and bound vp his wounds, and powred in oyle and wine, and put him on his owne beast, and brought him to an Inne, and made prouision for him.

And on the morowe when he departed, he tooke out two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and said vnto him, Take care of him, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come againe, I will recompense thee.

Which nowe of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour vnto him that fell among the theeues?

And he saide, He that shewed mercie on him. Then said Iesus vnto him, Goe, and do thou likewise.